The techtonic plates are pulling away from each other. Magma is forced twards the sea floor via convection currents. This results in "hot vents" where an entire ecosystem is based on chemosynthetic bacteria.
No. Mid-ocean ridges mark divergent boundaries.
mid-ocean ridge
mid ocean ridge
to make volcanoes
The oldest rock in oceanic crust is that which is found the greatest distance from a mid-ocean-ridge.
Slow motion
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
Sea floor spreading
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The mid-ocean ridge are mountains that were formed underwater.
yes, the mid ocean ridges are a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
its deposited somewhere else
what does mid-ocean ridge mean